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GLENORCHY City Council has unanimous-ly voted to endorse its COVID-19 response and interim community assis-tance package during its meeting on 30 March.
Glenorchy May-or Kristie Johnston said there was a deep understanding across the board of the fi nancial impact of COVID-19 on its community and that many people were doing it tough.
“We hope the adop-tion of this report goes
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WE traditionally focus on issues that are “feel-good” and “positive.”
But if you pick up your daily newspaper, watch the television evening news, listen to the radio or check online – the news of the day is (quite rightly) focused on the Coronavirus (COV-ID-19) and what the community needs to do to protect itself from its spread.
While the team at the Glenorchy Gazette is clearly aware of the issue and the interest it is generating, we are continuing to deliberately keep our attention on providing readers with positive, local information.
Our newspapers are a medium through which members of the Glenorchy community can learn about local, grassroots activities, people and business and keep you connected.
We want to remind readers that we will con-tinue to do just that.
Each month you will be able to see advertis-ing and read stories about local business and what they are doing in your community.
We want to support local businesses during what is a diffi cult time for many and encourage you to do the same.
With this in mind, keep checking your let-terbox for your monthly dose of local news and when it arrives, see how you can support local advertisers and spend locally.
As always, if you have an advertising query, please do not hesitate to contact our Advertising Sales manager, Louise Langdon, via email at [email protected].
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A MESSAGE FROM THE EDITOR
MURES Tasmania has achieved unique recogni-tion for a restaurant and independent retailer in Tasmania and Australia – Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) and Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) Chain of Custody Certifi cation.
The certifi cation en-sures that products from either MSC sustainable fi sheries or ASC-certifi ed farms are fully traceable.
Director Will Mure said Mures Tasmania was only the second restau-rant in Australia, and the only independent retailer in Tasmania, to be certifi ed under the two standards.
“The certifi cation applies through our wholesale division, Mures Fishing, and into our retail and restaurant businesses, Mures Upper Deck, Mures Lower Deck and Pearl + Co,” he said.
“We have always strived to source seafood from well-managed, sus-tainable fi sheries, and this certifi cation will allow us to actively promote the MSC and ASC product that we source and sell through our various businesses.”
The certifi cation covers:
• MSC-certifi ed Australi-an Prawns.
Unique recognition for Mures Tasmania
• MSC-certifi ed Patago-nian Toothfi sh from Australian Longline.
• MSC-certifi ed Blue Grenadier/Hoki.
• ASC-certifi ed Tassal Salmon.
• ASC-certifi ed Hirama-sa Yellow Tail Kingfi sh from Clean Seas.
Mr Mure said it was his hope that the range of product available with either MSC or ASC certi-fi cation would increase in the future.
“In Australia it can be hard for consumers to access certifi ed product,” he said.
“It is our aim to be a destination for seafood that is certifi ed sustain-able.
“With this in mind, consumers can make informed decisions on which product they wish to purchase, be it fresh fi sh from our fi shmonger or when they dine in one of our restaurants.”
Duncan Leadbitter, from the ASC, and Anne Gabriel, from the MSC, said through independent certifi cation of its sus-tainable seafood offering, Mures Tasmania was showing real leadership in the restaurant and retail sector.
“The celebration marks a highly com-mendable landmark in Tasmania by Mures in en-suring our oceans remain resilient with a future full of fi sh,” they said.
Mr Mure said he was proud of Mures Tasma-nia’s sustainability cre-dentials, and particularly these latest achievements.
“It is a fantastic achievement with a signifi cant amount of work completed with MSC and ASC to get to this important announce-ment,” he said.
Mr Mure said Mures
Tasmania’s various teams had worked extremely hard over the usually busy summer period to ensure the certifi cation was in place, appropriate-ly in time for Sustainable Seafood Week.
To achieve the certi-fi cation, Mures Tasmania participated in a compre-hensive assessment pro-cess - the standards are independently audited
by third party certifi ca-tion bodies, in this case MRAG Asia Pacifi c.
ASC is an inde-pendent, international non-profi t organisation that manages the world’s leading certifi cation and labelling program for responsible aquaculture and is considered the highest global standard for responsibly farmed seafood.
The MSC blue fi sh tick label is only applied to wild fi sh or seafood from fi sheries certifi ed to the MSC standard, a scientifi c measure of sustainable fi shing.
The ASC and the MSC share a vision that global seafood supplies should be sustainable, responsibly managed and supported by secure supply chains.
Assistant Fisheries Minister Jonathon Duniam, left , and Mures director Will Mure with an ASC-certi fi ed yellowtail kingfi sh at Mures Tasmania.
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A NUMBER of Tas-manian businesses and community groups joined forces to make a difference to the envi-ronment and clean up Prince of Wales Bay.
Organised by the Derwent Estuary Pro-gram (DEP), the Business Clean Up Australia Day at Prince of Wales Bay was part of a national initiative aimed at getting local businesses involved in cleaning up their local area to help make the country litter free.
DEP chief executive offi cer Ursula Taylor said Prince of Wales Bay was a hotspot for litter.
“The shape and nature of the bay, par-ticularly in one corner, means it captures a lot of litter, so we’ve targeted that area with a num-ber of our partners and businesses in the area,” she said.
“I think we all have a role to play when it comes to cleaning up lit-ter, with businesses keen to do their part as well.
“It’s part of closing a loop and making sure what they produce doesn’t end up in the system – it’s about raising awareness that we can all have a role when cleaning up.”
DEP was joined by
more than 30 employees from TasWater, Nyrstar, Plastic Fabrications, Incat, Glenorchy City Council and Aquainfomatics, along with communi-ty groups Our Coast, Our Mission and Sea Shepard.
Local community members also turned up on the day to help clean.
“Everyone was really keen to do something proactive to improve our local environment and that’s one of those advantages of bringing people together on something like this,” Ms Taylor said.
“Going out and actively collecting and removing litter is important because litter has a detrimental effect on our environment and is something we all contribute to, but we can all be part of the solution as well.”
Liberal Member for Clark Sue Hickey was part of the clean-up team with Nyrstar and said it inspired her to continue making a difference where she could.
“It didn’t take long to fi ll the bag full of microplastics such as bottle tops, chocolate wrappers, straws, plastic bottles, plastic bags and other sorts of rubbish,”
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she said.“All these things
harm our ecosystem in some way, so by doing something meaningful and as a community, we’re helping make a difference to this planet.
“You might feel dirty, your gum boots are fi lthy and you might smell a bit, but you get a sense of achievement that
you’ve made a little bit of a difference.”
DEP is a not-for-prof-it voluntary partnership between state and local government and industry that share information about the Derwent that benefi ts nature, the econ-omy and the community.
For more informa-tion, visit www.der-wentestuary.org.au.
Organised by the Derwent Estuary Program, Tasmanian businesses and community groups joined forces to clean up Prince of Wales Bay.
INTERSTATE drag-on boat paddlers are already planning a return visit to Tasmania after an exhilarating long-dis-tance event on the River Derwent that went past many iconic locations in Glenorchy.
The 130 paddlers from South Australia, Victoria and New South Wales took on the challenges of the unpre-dictable Derwent in the Beaches, Bridges and Bays Marathon event and are keen to return to do it again.
Event coordinator and Derwent Storms Dragon Boat Club pres-ident Andrew Lovibond said unseasonably cold weather, a fresh breeze and busy river traffi c took participants out of their comfort zones, but they confronted the obstacles with great enthusiasm.
“Fortunately, the sun broke through the cloud for the start of the event and the fl eet of seven dragon boats made a spectacular sight as they headed to Montagu Bay and across the river into Sullivans Cove,” he said.
“Many of the partic-ipants were from rural News South Wales so paddling into a working port past a cruise ship was a unique experience for them.
“The iconic boat houses in Cornelian Bay and the eerie calm of Shag Bay provided other highlights for our visitors.”
While windy condi-tions upstream forced a course change and the boats did not get to MONA as planned, the wake from the MONA ferries provided an unforgettable, adrena-line-charged experience.
“There was great camaraderie among the crews and the feedback from them was very pos-itive,” Mr Lovibond said.
“They were on the river for nearly six hours with only one break at Prince of Wales Bay, but they were keen for more.
“The weather was perfect the following morning for a mini-regat-ta in Lindisfarne Bay and the seven crews were eager to hit the water again.
“Our club coaches put together a varied program with races vary-ing from four kilometres to 100 metres.”
Mr Lovibond said the two-day event was a winner for both the Der-went Storms Club and the visitors who were full of praise for the great Tasmanian hospitality and a well-planned and executed event.
Smooth waters for dragon boat paddlers
Paddlers during the Beaches, Bridges and Bays Marathon event.
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Shopping centres play an essential role in our community, by providing you with access to essential household items, products and services that you need during this time. Please see individual stores for details at this time. We continue to operate within Government and relevant health authority’s guidance.
Keep informed
We will endeavour to update our store listings on our website with amended trading hours, and any store closures in a timely manner, so you can stay informed.
We will continue to keep you updated on a regular basis about how we are responding to Coronavirus (COVID-19) through our social channels, email and website. Please sign up to our database, or follow us on social for regular updates.
Your Safety is our Priority
Social distancing measures are in place across our centre to protect our community from the spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19). Practicing good hygiene and keeping a healthy physical distance between individuals is our most powerful weapon in fighting this virus, we ask that all visitors adhere to these measures.
We know there is community concern about Coronavirus (COVID-19) and public spaces, and we are proactively taking measures to ensure our centre continues to be a safe place to visit, work and enjoy.
The safety and wellbeing of our customers, retailers, teams and the broader community is always our priority, and as a result, we have increased our cleaning roster with additional focus on surfaces which we know people are making regular contact with.
Current advice from authorities is for anyone showing signs of an infectious disease, including fever, sweats or chills to see a doctor immediately and self-isolate.
Good hygiene practices
While visiting the centre, please help us keep our community safe by following the below good hygiene practices:
• Wash hands regularly, including after touching common surfaces and after coughing or sneezing.• If you happen to cough or sneeze, cover your mouth and nose with a tissue, then dispose of it, or if you do not have a
tissue, cover your mouth and nose with your upper sleeve.
We are continuing to monitor and act upon the information being shared from our federal and state health departments.
We want to assure our customers and communities that we are monitoring and acting on current and future government and relevant health authority’s advice. For additional information please visit: https://www.health.gov.au/
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We would like to thank you for your continued support during this time and look forward to seeing you soon.
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HappyA NEW community awareness program launched by Landcare Tasmania is seeking to reduce the impact mod-ern poisons are having on predatory birds such as the endangered Masked Owl.
The program was launched with the assis-tance of two grants, se-cured with the assistance of Federal MPs Andrew Wilkie and Julie Collins.
Rat and mice baits labelled ‘single shot’ and ‘instant kill’ often contain Second Generation An-ticoagulant Rodenticides (SGARs), which are highly toxic and frequently kill owls and other birds of prey which eat dead and dying rodents.
The most common active ingredients are Brodifacoum and Broma-diolone.
This program will
provide information on al-ternative methods of con-trol, including non-toxic methods, such as physical barriers, as well as older style rodenticides that have much less impact on bird populations.
It will also encourage retention of large old trees, used by owls for nesting, use of artifi cial nest boxes and enhancing habitat for native prey species such as bandi-coots and other small mammals.
Landcare Tasmania chief executive offi cer Rod Knight said it was fantastic to secure these grants with the help of Ms Collins and Mr Wilkie.
He said so many households, businesses and organisations were using these new roden-ticides that a large-scale community response was needed.
“Unfortunately, you can’t pick the newer poisons on brand alone, so we need people to understand the active ingredients in what they are using,” he said.
“If it starts with ‘bro’ it should be a no.”
The program is funded by two grants of $20,000, each from the Communities Environ-ment Program, plus do-nations from the Birdlife Australia ‘Twitchathon’ and local environment business Keep Tassie Wild.
Member for Franklin Ms Collins said it was a pleasure to be able to support Landcare Tasma-nia in launching the new Rodenticides Community Awareness Program.
“Programs such as this are important in raising community awareness that some poisons have on our environment and
the practical measures we can take to reduce this impact,” she said.
Member for Clark Mr Wilkie said this was a “fabulous program” and a very worthy recipient of public funding.
“Tasmania’s predatory birds are magnifi cent animals and it’s a tragedy that so many are perish-ing, often due to people’s naivety of the dangers of rodent poisons,” he said.
“There’s way too much human-induced pressure on the natural environment already, and many species are endan-gered, so anything we can do to cut nature some slack is worth doing.”
Further information about SGARs and the Rodenticide Communi-ty Awareness Program is available at www.landcaretas.org.au/roden-ticides.
Local MPs in new program to save owls
From left , Josh Pringle, Adam Cistern, Peter Vaughan, Member for Clark Andrew Wilkie, Member for Franklin Julie Collins and Rod Knight. Photo credit: Natasha Mulhall.
some way to providing immediate assistance and support to our commu-nity while we explore and consider longer-term initiatives,” she said.
“It is vital to take onboard that this is only the start of the assistance Council will be providing to our community, and we have taken this in-terim step in recognition that those most in need in our community need assistance provided now, and cannot wait for the next fi nancial year.”
Council is currently considering a range of measures to address the long-term impacts in the community, including rate relief as part of the 2020/21 budget.
COVID-19 response and interim community assistance package pro-vides immediate support in the form of:
• Waiving of penalty and interest for those with outstanding 4th quarter rates notices;
• Refunding fees and
charges for Council facilities that have had to close or events that have had to be cancelled;
• Waiving of rental in-stalments for grassroots community groups and sporting clubs that lease council property for the remainder of 2019/20;
• Consider on a case-by-case basis rental assistance;
• Assistance for commer-cial tenants of Council
properties considered on a case-by-case basis;
• Amending our Finan-cial Hardship Policy to ensure relevant and timely application for those suffering as a result of COVID-19;
• A support package tar-geting local businesses to provide them with information, support, and promotion.
These measures are consistent with those taken by the other met-ropolitan councils.
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GLENORCHY City Council is one of many councils around Australia and the world providing its residents with a third bin service (a FOGO bin) for food scraps and garden waste.
Separating organic waste into your FOGO bin is a small change for individuals, but collective-ly has a huge positive im-pact on both greenhouse gas reduction and the volume of waste fi lling up our landfi lls.
But, that’s not the best part of the story – it’s what happens to your FOGO waste.
It goes back to the land, replicating nature’s way of repairing and replenishing topsoil – the soil we need to grow food.
Nutrients are returned, soil texture is improved, and the land becomes better able to handle droughts and heavy rainfalls.
All very good news if you’re a local farmer
So, how does this happen?
Veolia collects the FOGO waste from the
curbside and delivers it to the transfer station in Bridgewater, where it is tipped out and any con-taminants removed.
It then goes to a large industrial composting facility near Oatlands which is run by Pure Living Soils, a joint ven-ture between Barwicks Landscape Supplies and Pure Food Eggs – two companies with a wealth of experience in Tasmani-an agriculture.
The organic waste is shaped into long rows up to three metres high called “windrows”, where it starts to decompose naturally with only water added.
Windrows are monitored daily and are turned and watered so aerobic decomposition takes place and not anaerobic (without air), as this makes the very bad greenhouse gas, methane.
So, what makes indus-trial composting different from home composting?
It’s the heat. With such large-
scale volumes of organic waste decomposing, the by-product of this micro-
What happens to your FOGO waste?
bial activity is heat. Windrows are mon-
itored to ensure that a minimum of 55 degrees celsius is maintained over a time period set by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
The fi nal compost is analytically tested against the Australian Standard for Composts, Soil Con-ditioners and Mulches to identify nutrients, carbon to nitrogen ratio, weed destruction and
the absence of pathogens – for example, listeria, salmonella and E. coli.
Making great com-post is a science and the composting facility is licensed through the EPA under strict environmen-
tal guidelines. The fi rst batch-
es of compost from Glenorchy’s FOGO waste should be ready for test-ing in May/June.
The latest word from the composting facility is
that contamination is low, but that more food waste is needed to improve nitrogen content – so, please keep putting your food scraps into your FOGO bin and help our Tassie soils.
A turning machine drives through the compost windrows, aerati ng and moving the centre of the windrow to the outside through a spiral rotati ng drum.
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LOCAL youth are thrusting their achieve-ments and skills into the national spotlight by participating in the Lions Club Youth of the Year competition.
The prestigious event, open to stu-dents between the ages of 16 and 18, en-courages, fosters and develops leadership in conjunction with other citizenship qualities.
Among the ranks of past entrants are former Prime Minister Keven Rudd and Tas-mania’s own Rhodes Scholar Jessica Mel-bourne-Thomas.
Local entrants Margot Henry, Thom-as Rive and Angus Christie displayed their character and ap-titude before a panel of judges comprising Don McCrae, of the Salvation Army, Bec Thomas, Deputy May-or of the Glenorchy City Council, and Josh Willie MLC, Member for Elwick.
The contestants answered a range of impromptu questions
covering current affairs, ethics and citizenship-related themes.
“It’s important that we celebrate a Tasmania where young people are actively en-gaged in our commu-nity and are provided with the opportunity to develop their po-tential,” Mr Willie said.
“I was honoured to be invited to judge and was so impressed with Margot, Thomas and Angus.”
Thomas, of the Friends School, was selected to represent the City of Glenorchy at the next stage of the competition.
“Thomas was engaging and eloquent in his opinions and passions,” Lions district governor David Triffett said.
“On behalf of the Lions Club of Glenorchy City, we wish Thomas well at the regional competi-tion.
“We know he will do our community proud.”
Young citizens in the making
From left , Glenorchy Deputy Mayor Bec Thomas, Member for Elwick Josh Willie, Margot Henry from St Mary’s College, Tom Rive from Friends School, Angus Christi e from Hutchins School and Don MacCrae from the Salvati on Army.
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WE’LL APOLOGISE FOR THE SMOKE NOW, SO WE’RE NOT ALL SORRY LATER.
Smoke generated during Fuel Reduction Season is an unavoidable part of a much bigger picture. By reducing the amount of fuel now, we’re helping protect lives, properties and the environment during bushfire season. When we conduct a fuel reduction burn we ensure the conditions are just right and that the fuel is as dry as possible to minimise the amount of smoke. And we try to provide as much warning as we can to people in the area.To find out more about where and when we’re planning fuel reduction burns visit fire.tas.gov.au
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By Glenorchy City Council
THE health and safety of our com-munity and staff is Glenorchy City Council’s number one priority and we are putting measures in place to respond to the outbreak of COV-ID-19 (novel coronavirus).
In Tasmania, the number of diag-nosed coronavirus cases is increasing.
While Tasmania appears to have relatively low rates of infection compared to other states, this could change quickly
The health and wellbeing of our staff and community are our number one priority – Glenorchy City Coun-cil is closely monitoring the situation.
While the risk of contracting COVID-19 is currently very low in Tasmania, we want to do everything we can to act responsibly and help slow the spread.
This will allow our local health services to keep up with demand and help protect those most at risk.
Council is enacting its Business Continuity Plan to ensure we main-tain appropriate levels of service to the community.
This enables Council to im-plement safety measures across all services to protect our staff and community.
It also allows us to have emer-gency planning in place should we need to change our business services.
In the interests of public safety, we are continuously making some changes in the way we deliver ser-vices in accordance with advice from the Department of Health.
We are working closely with state and federal health offi cials to help curb the rate of the COVID-19 infection rate.
New information is being released everyday by the Australian Government Department of Health and we advise all seeking further information about COVID-19 to go via these offi cial channels.
We all need to be prepared to respond promptly to the professional advice we are given about COV-ID-19.
Council halls and events updateCouncil has and continues to
actively review all of its events to ensure that the public and our staff are not put at any unnecessary risk due to the spread of COVID-19.
In an effort to limit the spread of the virus through face-to-face con-tact, Council has adopted the social distancing advice from the Australian Government Department of Health.
All Council-run events with gath-erings of people are postponed.
For a complete list of events, please visit our dedicated page on our website gcc.tas.gov.au or phone Council on 6216 6800.
For the time being, please note:
• The Moonah Arts Centre (MAC) is currently closed. Please contact the MAC for more information on 6216 6382.
• All community halls operated by Council are temporarily closed and hall events are postponed until further notice.
• Tolosa Park is no longer accepting hut bookings and current bookings have been cancelled.
• The format of Council meetings is currently under review and further advice will be provided soon.
• Events at the Derwent Entertain-ment Centre have been called off. Please contact event organisers or promoters for event status or ticketing enquiries.
Council sites and service deliveryCouncil is putting additional
hygiene practices (including more
frequent cleaning) in place across all our sites, including our customer service areas, child care centres, sports facilities, landfi ll and the Works Centre.
To reduce the number of face-to-face interactions with the community and to support COVID-19 contain-ment measures, Council is seeking the community’s support in consider-ing the way it interacts with Council.
Many transactions and service requests can be dealt with via phone or email.
If you have a service request, Council asks that you please contact it on telephone 6216 6800, through the contact page on our website or via email at [email protected] if possible, rather than visiting us in person.
As this pandemic unfolds, we may experience reduced staffi ng due to self-isolation requirements.
A reduction in the Council services delivered to the community is likely to occur until the pandemic subsides.
Please consider if your request is time sensitive and if you could lodge your request via the phone or inter-net rather than visiting in person.
Please understand when con-tacting Council that some staff may
not be available or queries may not be able to be resolved as quickly as usual, so please be patient.
We acknowledge limiting services and enacting social distancing means some customers will be inconven-ienced and concerns may be raised, however we will endeavour to continue to provide essential services throughout this time and will return to delivering full services to our com-munity as soon as we can.
Our community – what you can do
Council encourages all com-munity members to protect against COVID-19 by practising good hand hygiene, limiting contact with others and staying home and seeking medi-cal advice if you are unwell.
Information on COVID-19 and hygiene practices can be found on the Tasmanian Department of Health website or by phoning the National Caronavirus Information Line on 1800 020 080.
If you have further inquiries on how Glenorchy City Council is re-sponding to the COVID-19 pandem-ic, please see our dedicated page on our website at gcc.tas.gov.au, phone 6216 6800 or email [email protected].
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Lil Lizzies Kitchen Operati ng from home in Grove Rd, Glenorchy. Janine Mitchell 0487 382 084
Northgate Shopping Centre Please visit northgatesc.com.au for details or phone. 6272 0122
Dominic College Term 2 commences Monday, 27 April 2020. 6274 6000
Acupuncture Clinic Open, Moonah 5 days a week. Practi ti oner Bill Pearson registered with the AHPN. 0409 972 668
Banjo’s Glenorchy & Northgate Open for takeaway, phone orders and are available on Uber Eats. 6272 1468
Carpentry Services All types of carpentry services. Mathew 0412 030 672
• Moonah Taste of the World Festival – Scheduled 22 March 2020 – Cancelled.
• Glenorchy Youth Task Force Market in the Carpark – Scheduled 3 April 2020 – Cancelled.
• Glenorchy City Council Community Yarns – Scheduled 7 April 2020 – Cancelled.
• Australian Citizenship Ceremony – Scheduled 8 April 2020 – Cancelled.
• Glenorchy ANZAC Day Service – Scheduled 25 April 2020 – Cancelled.
• Glenorchy Volunteer Awards – Scheduled 20 May 2020 – Pending. Public event will not go ahead, currently working on an online format. Further information to be provided.
• Moonah Arts Centre – Closed indefi nitely to the public. All exhibitions and events at the MAC have been cancelled. Please contact the MAC for more information on 6216 6382.
• Derwent Entertainment Centre – All conference and events at the Derwent Entertainment Centre up until 20 July have been cancelled or postponed. If you hold a ticket for any Ticketmaster event and would like a refund, please contact Ticketmaster direct. All tickets for postponed events will be valid for the new date and Ticketmaster will be in contact with relevant details. At this time the Disney on Ice tour will continue as planned. If there is any changes to this all ticket holders will be contacted.
• Community Halls (operated by council) – Temporarily closed and hall events postponed until further notice.
• Tolosa Park Huts – Bookings cancelled.
• Glenorchy City Council Chambers – Closed to the general public.
AT A GLANCE: EVENT CANCELLATIONS
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THE achievements of Council of the Ageing (COTA) chief execu-tive offi cer Sue Leitch in supporting elderly Tasmanians has been recognised at the Tasplan International Women’s Day Awards for Excel-lence 2020.
Ms Leitch was one of six award winners in the local and state govern-ment and community service industry across Hobart and Glenorchy that were announced at a celebratory luncheon hosted by the Tasmanian Government, The Tas-manian Council of Social Services and the Local Government Association of Tasmania (LGAT).
The award category winners were:• Clarence City Council
Alderman Heather Chong for Local Government: Inspira-tional Leader (Elected Member).
• Waratah Wynyard Council director of corporate and com-munity services Tracey Bradley for Local Gov-ernment: Inspirational Leader (Offi cer).
• Nursing Campbell Town Health and Community Service director Priya Jose for State Service: Inspira-tional Leader.
• Department of Health manager of govern-ment relations and strategic policy Lisa Caswell for State Ser-vice: Aspiring Leader.
• Council of the Ageing (COTA) chief execu-tive offi cer Sue Leitch for Community Sector: Inspirational Leader.
• Dress for Success Ho-bart general manager Amanda French for Community Sector: Aspiring Leader.
Ms Leitch said she was thrilled to receive
the Inspirational Leader-ship in the Community Sector award.
“I lead a small team of staff at COTA Tasmania and a group of volunteers that support our work as well, but the people we represent are a very important part of the Tasmanian commu-nity who contribute so much to our society,” she said.
“These awards high-light to younger women the ‘possible’ of future roles where they can in-fl uence government and society in general.”
COTA Tasmania is the peak body for older Tasmanians and sees age-ing in Australia as a time of possibility, opportunity and infl uence.
“Older people have a signifi cant role to play in all areas of society – in workplaces, in unpaid roles such as caring and volunteering, and in infl uencing the futures of all Australians,” Ms Leitch
said.“They are also very
diverse and part of our role is to ensure that these diverse voices, which can often be the quieter voices, can also be heard.”
LGAT chief execu-tive offi cer Dr Katrena Stephenson said the International Women’s Day Awards supported the wonderful work women were doing across sectors.
“The theme for this International Women’s Day is ‘Each for Equal’,” she said.
“Individually, we’re all responsible for our own thoughts and actions – all day, every day.
“These awards are an excellent way to recog-nise the work Tasmanian women are doing across sectors to help us create a gender equal world.”
Guest speaker at the luncheon was AFL Tasmania chief executive offi cer Trishia Squires.
Local sectors unite for International Women’s Day
From left , Campbell Town Health and Community Service director of nursing Priya Jose, Dress for Success Hobart general manager Amanda French, Deb Mainwaring (accepti ng on behalf of Waratah Wynyard Council director of corporate and community services Tracey Bradley), Council on the Ageing chief executi ve offi cer Sue Leitch, Harriet Close (accepti ng on behalf of Department of Health manager of government relati ons and strategic policy Lisa Caswell) and Clarence City Council Alderman Heather Chong.
TWO locals have emerged victorious after going head to head with players across the state in the inaugural Tasma-nian Petanque Doubles Championship.
Judy Whitaker and Alain Pastre took out the top prize against oppo-nents Jenny Webb and Peter Hiller, who were ranked fi rst at every point in the tournament leading up to the fi nal.
Tournament director Annette Horsler said based on skill, these two teams could not be separated.
“The fi nal was a test of grit from start to fi nish,” she said.
“In the end, the prize went to the team that spent the day coming from behind.
“Whiteaker and Pastre won because they were in front when it mattered – at the end of the grand fi nale.”
The Tasmanian Petanque Doubles Championship, held at the Claremont Boulo-drome, was organised by the Derwent Petanque Sports Club in collabora-tion with the Claremont Petanque Club.
Ms Horsler was commended by players for her hard work in coordinating the event, which was held in late February.
“This was a great tournament,” Ms Horsler said.
“There will be more state level petanque tournaments in the future and they will be
better – but this one is the fi rst.”
Ms Horsler was presented with a prize donated to the tourna-ment by local Member for Clark Elise Archer.
A representative from Ms Archer’s offi ce was present at the tournament to hand out prizes to the winners.
The championship was authorised by the Petanque Federation Australia as an offi cial state level tournament.
“This tournament was easy to manage because we had the support of the PFA and followed PFA rules and tournament guidelines,” Ms Horsler said.
“The PFA set the bar and all we had to do was jump over it.”
TRUE GRIT AT TASSIE PETANQUE FINALS
Petanque Doubles Championships winners Judy Whitaker and Alain Pastre.
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THE fi nishing touches have now been placed on Claremont’s unique Walk of Remembrance, allowing the community and visiting tourists the opportunity to deep dive into the area’s local wartime history.
A continuation of the Claremont Windermere Bay Memorial, the Walk of Remembrance was spearheaded by the Ro-tary Club of Claremont with assistance from the Claremont RSL, Glenorchy City Council, the Tasmanian Commu-nity Fund and Rotary District 9830.
The project honours the service and sacri-fi ce of World War One (WWI) and World War Two (WWII) soldiers.
Beginning at Winder-mere Bay and winding all the way to the Cad-bury Factory, the walking track’s location marks the spot of the Claremont Military Training Camp where more than 2000 troops were trained.
It is also the found-ing place of the 40th Battalion, which went on to fi ght on the Western Front in Europe.
The track features a number of interpretative information panels that use Smart QR codes (accessed through a QR reader app) to provide users with access to podcasts and wartime records of enlisted personnel, expanding community information and offering in-depth history and records.
The Rotary Club of Claremont has now completed the fi nal piece to the historical static displays, producing an eBooklet that brings the four-year-long pro-
Keeping our history alive
Rotary Club of Claremont community services director Greg Saunders, left , with Walk of Remembrance project coordinator Eric Myers in front of one of the interacti ve stati c displays.
ject to full fruition. Project coordinator
Eric Myers said any hand-held device could now access the eBooklet via the QR readers locat-ed on each display.
“This will take you to an electronic copy of the area map, showing the location of the 10 interpretive panels and eight shelter panels, with introductory information on each,” he said.
“Schools, tourists and visitors to the area can all fi nd information relating to the historical signifi cance of the Clare-mont Military Camp in a matter of seconds.
“Should they want a hard copy, these can be made by any wireless printer.”
Mr Myers said the Walk of Remembrance wasn’t just for parents, grandparents and great
grandparents. “This project is a way
of continuing the history of Australia’s wartime coming of age,” he said.
“It allows people, through electronic media, to continue to learn about our wartime history into the future – and it’s about encour-aging kids to be a part of that history.”
The Walk of Remem-brance guides visitors through depictions of what would have been experienced by recruits, including details and photos of everyday activities.
This includes train-ing activities covering horsemanship, shooting, trench warfare and gunnery practice, as well as everyday activities such as cooking, peeling spuds, tent building and leisure.
Mr Myers encour-aged the local commu-nity and any passing visitors to stop by the Walk of Remembrance and delve into the local history.
“Every location, every place, every town or village has a history – and every one of these histories will include their wartime involve-ment,” he said.
“Here in Claremont we have a lot of special history, which most peo-ple who live in the area don’t even know about.
“This project is our way of keeping our history alive.”
The Rotary Club of Claremont will be pro-viding a number of eB-ooklet hard copies to the Glenorchy City Council, Tourism Tasmania, local schools and colleges, and the Claremont RSL.
THE Hobart Vintage Machinery Society has relocated its activities due to the redevelopment of the Hobart Showgrounds in Glenorchy.
The society was formed more than 35 years ago with the primary aim of preserving heritage and restor-ing vintage machinery.
“The machine of yesteryear is still very important, people like seeing the old machinery working and for a lot of them it reminds them of their ear-lier days,” Hobart Vintage Machinery Society president Phil Brooke said.
“We currently have 95 members and have a workday every Wednes-day between 9am and 2pm where we work on various projects.”
Mr Brooke said the club had been forced to relocate its base from the Showground because of renovations.
“The club had its own building in the Showground complex which has been demolished and moved to a new site at Penna,” he said.
“This site has been secured on
a long-term lease from the Sorell Council.
“It will be some time before the club moves there as there is a lot of planning work required.
“When we’ve been at the Show-grounds, we’ve only been able to work out of our shed, but with the move to Penna we’ll have more land so we intend to hold more open days where people can come along and see some of the old equipment.”
Mr Brooke said the society would be able to continue holding its activities at the Goat Pavilion at the Showgrounds in the meantime until the new site was ready for use.
“We’re currently doing up a 1932 Fargo Truck, which we’ll use as a water tanker when we go to Penna,” he said.
“We also own a massive tractor that we’ve done up to use – there’s plenty to keep people that come along active and everyone is having a good day.”
Change of scenery for vintage machine society
Club members Ray Willing, left , and Brian McDermott working on an ‘Old Fergy’ tractor.
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To protect our staff and the community from the potential spread of COVID-19, Glenorchy City Council Council’s chambers are now closed to the public. Members of the public will not be able to visit Council’s Chambers in person. We are still open for business, and will still be able to provide all services either on the website, by
phone (ph. 6216 6800) or by email ([email protected]). We encourage you to check our website first to reduce call waiting times.We understand that this change may be difficult. We want to be clear that only our public areas in our Chambers are closing. Our staff are still working and are here to take your
enquiries. Council is constantly reviewing the situation to continue providing services to our community with your health and safety and that of our staff as our number one priority.
Moonah Arts Centre is currently closed. Please keep in touch with us online! Keep an eye out for updates on MAC’s projects and view some of them online by visiting our website: WWW.MOONAHARTSCENTRE.ORG.AU
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WORKS IN THE MUNICIPALITY
CITYWIDE FOOTPATH WORKSCouncil has a project underway that involves grinding, repair and replacement to footpath segments across the city. Areas of high pedestrian activity have been prioritised for remediation works (e.g. CBD areas and footpaths in close proximity to schools and aged care facilities).
BRIDGE REMEDIATION WORKSCouncil has engaged a contractor to undertake bridge maintenance works on various bridges throughout the city. The locations include Main Road Claremont Rail Overpass, Cycle Path (Humphreys Rivulet) and Creek Road Walkway, where they will undergo protective coating, repainting and other required remediation works. Brent Street (Humphreys Rivulet) has now been completed.
GOULDS LAGOON FOOTPATH CONSTRUCTIONCouncil has engaged a contractor that will be undertaking footpath construction works along the eastern side of Main Road Granton from Whitestone Drive to Sharron Drive. These works will involve concrete footpaths along one side of the causeway and also a section on Main Road south of Hestercombe Road at the bus stop.
STAGE 1: PELTRO STREET CYCLE LINK Complete.
STAGE 2: MAIN ROAD – O’BRIEN’S BRIDGE TO BARRY STREET Complete.
STAGE 3: MAIN ROAD – TERRY STREET TO BARRY STREET Construction is well underway.
STAGE 3 is being constructed in three sections:
• 3A – Terry/Peltro Street to Tolosa Street - Complete.
• 3B – Tolosa Street to Regina Street • Currently under construction, with completion due June 2020. • The raised table intersection of Main Road and Tolosa Street was completed
in January, one week ahead of schedule. • The remaining works for this section continues along Main Road as
scheduled.• Further work will see the continuation of new kerb and channel, footpaths
and a central median strip with new plantings. • To complete these works there will be a road closure of Main Road, from
Tolosa Street to Regina Street for five weeks – from Mon 16 March through until Fri 17 April.
• 3C – From Regina Street to Barry Street • Scheduled to begin in July 2020 through to June 2021.
COUNCIL DECISIONS
Photo credit: Kelvin Ball.
Ordinary Council Meeting, 24 February 2020
GLENORCHY CITY COUNCIL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGYCouncil adopted the ‘Glenorchy City Council Economic Development Strategy 2020-2025.’ The overarching goal of the Strategy is to encourage business diversity, innovation and new technologies to stimulate jobs, creativity and collaboration in the City of Glenorchy, and to make Glenorchy a place where businesses can establish, continue and flourish. Implementation of the Strategy will begin from next month. You can view a copy of the strategy online on Council’s website at www.gcc.tas.gov.au.
APPOINTMENT OF ALDERMEN TO COMMITTEESFollowing the resignation of Alderman Matt Stevenson from 31 December 2019 and subsequent election of Alderman Bec Thomas as the new Deputy Mayor, Council was required to formally appoint aldermen to the committees that Alderman Stevenson sat on. Following a formal nomination process, Council confirmed
that the following aldermen were appointed to the positions vacated by Alderman Stevenson:• Alderman Angela Ryan, Council’s newest alderman, was
appointed to Council’s Audit Panel and to the Glenorchy Planning Authority.
• Deputy Mayor Bec Thomas was appointed to the General Manager’s Performance Review Committee.
The Aldermen will sit on these committees for the remainder of the term of the current Council. Special Council Meeting, 28 February 2020
SALE OF DEC AND WILKINSONS POINT TO STATE GOVERNMENTCouncil voted unanimously to sell the Derwent Entertainment Centre and the surrounding land at Wilkinsons Point to the Tasmanian Government. The sale, set to occur mid-year, paves the way for the development of an iconic waterfront precinct at Wilkinsons Point, which has been a long-standing goal of Council. The proposed development on Wilkinsons Point will add $102 million per year to the Gross Regional Product of the Greater Hobart economy, and create nearly 1,200 full-time jobs.
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Community News
SIGNIFICANT improve-ments and changes to the amenities across the City of Glenorchy are continuing.
This follows Glenorchy City Council’s adoption of a 10-year Public Toilet Strategy in January 2020, which Glenorchy Mayor Kristie Johnston welcomed as an important commitment to the community.
“Public toilets are an important service to our community,” she said.
“Having an inviting facility where you need it is important to all of us at some stage.
“Council has identi-fi ed a range of ways to improve the experience for our people and visitors, including some new facilities and major upgrades.”
There are close to 20 facilities across the city which all have convenient hooks installed on the back of all cubicle doors as a standard fi xture.
The facilities team completed upgrade works in the fi rst month of the strategy, including general maintenance of existing toilets.
Improved signage is scheduled to be installed over the next year, help-ing locals and visitors to fi nd the facilities around Glenorchy.
Giblins Reserve will be the fi rst major project in the strategy to receive a brand-new toilet block.
This popular wa-terside spot has been previously let down by its current amenity, which is uninviting and located on the wrong side of the
park drive It will be replaced
later this year by a new, user-friendly facility in a more convenient location.
In the next fi ve years, plans are under-way to replace the main public toilet facility in the Moonah CBD – a major upgrade to the lower toilet block in Tolosa Park and the addition of a new facility at Windermere foreshore.
“Council is committed to making life better for the community,” Major Johnston said.
“Easy access to better facilities will enable peo-ple to spend quality time out and about in places they love.”
For more information, contact Glenorchy City Council Customer Servic-es on 6216 6800.
For your convenience
A recently upgraded council toilet block in Glenorchy.
Liberal Member for Clark Sue Hickey MP
If you need support or assistance with any matter, please contact my Electorate Office.
Phone: 6212 2356 Address: 331 Main Road, Glenorchy Email: [email protected]
Community CalendarThis is where you would normally be able to read about the various community events, meetings and activities planned for your community.
Because of the measures put in place to stop the spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19), the vast majority (if not all) of our regular community calendar entries will not be proceeding.
With this in mind, we have removed the page from this edition of the Glenorchy Gazette and will re-assess for May.
Kind regards, the Glenorchy Gazette team.
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RESEARCH highlights that children who eat a healthy breakfast have improved capacity for learning, information recall and concentration levels.
School Breakfast Clubs are one of the methods used to ensure students are achiev-ing their best in the classroom and in the playground.
“Breakfast can improve behaviours and mood – children have more focus and are not irritable or hungry,” Member for Elwick and Shadow Minister for Ed-ucation and Early Years Josh Willie said.
“As a former teacher, I have seen fi rsthand how these factors are so crucial in achieving suc-cess in the classroom.”
Mr Willie recently volunteered at the Bow-en Road Primary School Breakfast Club, which relies on donations to cater for approximately 20 students a day.
Without backing from the community, it would be a challenge to operate the program on a regular basis.
The school is par-ticularly thankful for the generosity and support given by St Anne’s Church Group and Foodbank Tasmania.
Foodbank is Aus-tralia’s largest food relief organisation, working on the front line to feed vulnerable Australians.
As the cost of living and rent rise, food insecurity is deepening, affecting one in fi ve Tasmanians in the past year.
Foodbank’s latest ‘Hunger Report 2019’ showed an 18 per cent increase in Tasmanians
Breakfast Clubs foster success in the classroom
seeking food assistance, with 40 per cent more food required to meet demand.
“No parent wants their children to start the school year feeling iso-lated or left out because they don’t have a decent uniform or can’t afford sport, let alone going without a healthy meal,” Mr Willie said.
“Tasmanian students deserve every opportu-nity to achieve the best learning outcomes.”
Member for Elwick Josh Willie with Bowen Road Primary School students, from left , Jacob, Dusti n, Ashanti and Tekye.
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Health & Lifestyle
HOBART City Mission has partnered with 7HOFM to deliver an online auction that will raise funds for Hobart City Mission’s Winter Appeal, providing support to those most vulnerable in the community.
The ‘100% Hobart Auction’ will be held on Friday 1 May, with businesses from all over Hobart donating items to bid on from 24 April.
This includes vouch-ers for luxury accommo-dation, dining at some of Hobart’s best restaurants, family entertainment and services such as garden-ing.
Hobart City Mission chief executive offi cer John Stubley said the funds from the auction and Winter Appeal would
go towards Hobart City Mission’s Emergency As-sistance Program and help provide food, clothing and fi nancial support to those doing it tough in the community.
“The Emergency As-sistance Program provides people with food packs, clothing and professional support through Emer-gency Assistance appoint-ments,” he said.
“These appointments are available by booking and give our clients the opportunity to sit down with support workers, talk about their fi nances, work out a budget and connect with other support services.”
Mr Stubley said Hobart City Mission had seen a massive increase in the need for services, with
100 per cent support for those most in need
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LIBERAL Member for Clark Sue Hickey has shaved off her locks for a good cause - raising money for the Leukae-mia Foundation’s World’s Greatest Shave 2020.
In mid-March, Ms Hickey shaved her hair on Facebook Live to raise awareness and reach her initial fundraising target of $5000 to provide support to Australians diagnosed with blood cancer.
Ms Hickey raised more than $6,200 by her-self, with ‘Team Hickey’ raising more than $9,400.
Ms Hickey said she wanted to draw attention to the issue, as it affected many people within the community.
“Forty people a day are diagnosed with a blood-born cancer and 20 people a day will die from it,” she said.
“I have been stunned by the people who have come up to me and said they have a diagnosis and are living with this.
“I’m very fortunate to not have cancer – my hair will grow back, and I can now get up in the morning and know that I’ve drawn attention to the issue and have been
Sue shaves the locks for a worthy cause
Liberal Member for Clark Sue Hickey before and aft er shaving her head for the Leukaemia Foundati on’s World’s Greatest Shave.
able to raise some money for research in Australia.”
The Leukaemia Foun-dation is Australia’s only national charity dedicated to help cure and conquer blood cancer.
The World’s Greatest Shave aims to raise $16.5 million to provide vital support for the 41 Aus-tralians diagnosed with blood cancer every day.
Blood cancers such as leukaemia, lymphoma and myeloma are among the most frequently diag-nosed and deadly cancers in Australia.
“Money raised through the World’s Greatest Shave is critical to ensure that Australians diagnosed with this dead-ly disease can gain the access they need to the
best treatment, supportive care and trusted relevant information, regardless of where they live in Austral-ia,” Leukaemia Foun-dation chief executive offi cer Bill Petch said.
For more informa-tion or to register for the World’s Greatest Shave, visit www.worldsgreatest-shave.com.au or phone 1800 500 088.
the impact of COVID-19 causing uncertainty around unemployment and limited access to support services and basic necessities like food.
“The impact of Coro-navirus has meant that many people have lost their casual jobs and will need to access our servic-es to make it through the winter,” he said.
“The housing situation in Hobart has also put a real strain on people who are just trying to make ends meet.
“Last year was the fi rst time we saw people homeless on our streets and I don’t think it’s something that the people of southern Tasmania will just accept – we won’t let people in our community down like that.
“Get involved either by donating or bidding on one of the auction items and you will make a real difference to people who are doing it tough in our community.”
Hobart City Mission held a radio auction with 7HOFM last year but moved it completely online this year to allow people to make bids from the comfort of their own home.
Hobart City Mission provides a large number of services that work in conjunction with one another to provide holistic and person-centred care, including food pack and emergency assistance, housing, family support services, disability support, and supported accommo-dation for young mothers and fathers.
For instructions on how to register online to start placing bids, visit Hobart City Mission and 7HOFM’s websites and social media.
Do you own a busi-ness and want to help?
To donate an auction item to make a difference to people in need, phone Hobart City Mission on 6215 4200.
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For further information please contact:E: [email protected]: 0407 175 720 or 0448 820 367www.chefaholiccookingschool.com
Method
•1 tsp dried yeast•300ml warm water•250g plain flour (sifted)•1 tsp salt•½ tsp baking powder•100ml milk
1. Dissolve the yeast in the warm water. Leave to sit for 10 mins or until frothy.
2. Put the flour, salt and baking powder in a bowl and make a well in the centre.
3. Add the yeast mixture and the milk to the flour mixture and work it for 2 mins until it resembles elastic when dropped.
4. Allow to rest for 20 mins
5. Heat a non-stick frying pan over a moderate heat and put in 2 or 3 greased egg rings or crumpet moulds depending on how many fit in the pan. Pour a small amount of the batter into the moulds to a depth of about ½ cm.
6. The surface will become covered with bubbles that will burst to create the traditional crumpet look. When the surface has set remove the mould carefully with a cloth and flip the crumpet over. Cook for a further 3 mins. Re-grease the pan and moulds and repeat until batter is all used. Serve hot with butter and desired spreads. Enjoy
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Duck à l’orange
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Ingredients• 1 x 2kg whole duck• 150g butter• 100ml Grand Marnier • 50ml vinegar • 50g castor sugar• Juice of 3 oranges• 6 oranges
MethodClean and pat dry duck, heat butter in fry pan large enough to hold duck and fry duck for approximately 5 minutes.
Place duck in oven for approximately 45 minutes on 180°C basting as you go. Turn heat down to 160°C and cook for a further 30
minutes. Remove from oven and cover with Grand Marnier and cook for a further 5 minutes.
Remove from oven and strain all liquid into a pot, add in vinegar, sugar and juice of 3 oranges and reduce until a nice consistency.
Meanwhile peel and cut oranges and prep with no skin or seed. When sauce is nearly ready add segments to sauce and warm - do not let oranges break down.
Carve duck and cover with sauce and arrange segments.
Enjoy!
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Ingredients
By Jo Cordell-Cooper*
IN uncertain times I fi nd great benefi t in sticking with or creating some self-care routines.
Often, healthy habits are formed in times of uncertainty as a response to needing to control something.
Here are my top fi ve tips for staying upbeat when the future is not clear.
1. Eat really good food Aim to eat the most
varied and unprocessed food that you can and minimise quick-fi x sugary foods.
Your brain will be looking for sugar hits to stimulate the reward cen-tres of the brain, so watch out for sugar cravings.
2. Include movement in your day
I am offering two free options.
A free home workout and framework for creat-ing huge variety using just fi ve exercises – the squat, lunge, deadlift, push-ups and core exercises.
Additionally, free 10-minute active breaks are offered at 1pm week-days – I call these Stretch, Flex and Re-Energise.
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It’s important to take a moment for yourself – both can be accessed either via my free Facebook group Holistic Personal Training or via my YouTube channel Jo Cordell-Cooper.
Walk your dog, ride your bike, do some gardening – all can be undertaken within the physical distancing guidelines
3. Be kind to a stranger, do a good deed or a “pay it forward” task
Doing something nice for someone else makes your feel good and is at the very cornerstone of humanity.
It’s a fact that while you are focusing on a good deed for someone else it is much harder to feel depressed and isolat-ed – and it is delightful for the recipient.
4. Walk in natureIf we can quietly
walk in nature, use the fi ve senses to really get into the moment and listen with heightened awareness to the sounds around us.
If we can feel the wind or the sun, smell the eucalypt, touch the leaves and revel in the texture – for that mo-ment our mind quietens, and our concerns are not front of mind.
5. Find something to laugh at
Our family has just started watching the Big Bang Theory from season one.
There are times in our lives when we abso-lutely need to seek out things to be happy about and while it is good to remain in touch with current news, watching too much of it can be depressing.
I hope this article gives you a few ideas about how to stay upbeat in these uncertain times.
One fi nal tip is to adopt a positive mantra that resonates with you.
Mine is, “this time will pass” and another I’ve heard is, “for the collective good.”
*Jo Cordell-Cooper owns the award-winning busi-ness Jo CC Holistic PT. You can make contact via email at [email protected], or follow on Facebook at Jo CC Holistic PT or Holistic Personal Training.
Staying upbeat
EVERY day there are good people doing good things in our community – one of which is Clare-mont local Martin Watkins.
Motivated by people he knew were doing it tough, Mr Watkins took the initiative to organise and host a forum in 2019 on mental health and wellbeing.
In 2020, he organised a second forum and is now hoping to see them continue into the future.
Named ‘You Good?’, the forums are held at the Claremont RSL.
Labor Member for Clark Ella Haddad, who at-tended both forums, said she was looking forward to the next one.
“It is people like Marty who give freely of their time to help others who really inspire me,” she said.
“Motivated by what he saw in the community, Marty set about putting these forums together and arranging impressive speakers to share their experi-ences and advice.”
The inaugural forum featured guest speakers Mitch McPherson from Speak Up! Stay ChatTY and Amy Imms from the Burnout Project.
These two inspiring speakers shared their personal stories and the work they are doing to improve mental health around Tasmania through their work.
The second forum, held in early 2020, focused on mental health and wellbeing for emergency service workers and armed forces veterans.
It featured speakers from the Department of Police, Fire and Emergency Management, and Buddy Up Australia, an organisation that connects current and ex-service men and women through volunteering, social and physical outdoor activities.
“The You Good? Forums have brought people together,” Ms Haddad said.
“They’ve been an opportunity for people to learn and share but more importantly, connect with each other, meaning we are all more able to support one another when we need it.”
YOU GOOD?
Marty Watkins with Labor Member for Clark Ella Haddad at the 2020 ‘You Good?’ forum.
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ACCESS to employ-ment opportunities is set to become a little easier following the announce-ment of $1.3 million in funding for the estab-lishment of an employ-ment hub in Hobart’s northern suburbs.
The funding will see the employment of a Glenorchy workforce development coordina-tor, the establishment of a Glenorchy Employ-ment Hub, a training fund to support their work, and the develop-ment and implementa-tion of an employment transport program to trial innovative solutions to address transport bar-riers to employment.
Minister for Strategic Growth Sarah Courtney said the Tasmanian Gov-ernment was committed to creating opportuni-ties for all Tasmanians through the economy which was the fastest growing in the nation.
“We are committed to ensuring that all Tasmanians, no matter where they live, what their background, or what their circumstanc-es are can grasp the op-portunity to participate in Tasmania’s growing economy,” she said.
“The addition of the Glenorchy Employment Hub will be a prime example of how we are helping to make that
happen.”This funding fol-
lowed on the back of a previous announcement of $300,000 to extend the South East Employ-ment Hub for a further 12 months to ensure this already successful model continues to meet the current and fu-ture needs of the Sorell community.
“This has been a genuine game changer since the Government began investing in the South East Hub as part of our now more than $4.1 million Jobs Action Package, with 100 people securing local jobs as a direct result of the individualised focus, transport and training opportunities the South East Hub provides,” Minister Courtney said.
“Through these ini-tiatives, we are helping to overcome barriers to employment and to connect employers with local job seekers, which is improving employment outcomes for individuals, com-munities and industries in a number of regions across Tasmania.”
Tasmanian Small Business Council chief executive offi cer Robert Mallet applauded the announcement of the Glenorchy Employment Hub.
“While Tasmania’s
south is generally expe-riencing growth, there are pockets of our state which are not seeing the full positive effects of this and need a hand up to support quality job outcomes,” Mr Mallet said.
“One of those areas is Glenorchy and sur-rounds.
“Job seekers and employers alike need good quality services to bring the two together and assist in facilitating a positive job outcome.
“The professional-ism and support of the employment hub should provide services for both sides leading to a positive outcome not only for the immediate participants, but the region in general.”
Mr Mallet said the additional support to the South East Em-ployment Hub based in Sorell was similarly good news.
“Without small businesses having the confi dence to employ, and a workforce trained and eager to participate, the economy will slide back to a position none of us want to see again,” he said.
“The TSBC looks forward to playing a positive part in advising small business owners of the opportunities the hub will provide.”
Employment growth in Glenorchy
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DOMINIC College has celebrated Internation-al Women’s Day with almost 200 year fi ve to 10 girls and their moth-ers, grandmothers, staff members and communi-ty representatives eating breakfast together in the College Savio Centre.
Dominic College principal Beth Gilligan said International Wom-en’s Day highlighted the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women, focusing on today’s women supporting and encouraging each other for the next generation to progress further.
“We were especially delighted to see recent Old Scholars, now stu-dents at Guilford Young College, return to join us for this breakfast,” she said.
“The links to our community are strong and we were thrilled to see so many wom-en, both young and old, come together in the spirit of unity to celebrate this important day.”
The highlight of the morning was the message delivered by guest speaker Dr Joanna Vince, a Dominic Col-lege Old Scholar and University of Tasmania senior lecturer in politics and international rela-tions, who shared her in-spiring journey that led to a career as a political scientist specialising in ocean governance.
Dr Vince encour-
Dominic celebrates
Internati onal Women’s Day speaker Dr Joanna Vince with Dominic year six students Gemma Mustchin, left , and Sally Quinn.
aged students to be fl exible in their career pathways and ultimately pursue their passion.
She now enjoys a career that has taken her to many parts of the world and provided her with a number of exciting opportunities, including connecting with colleagues in Ant-arctica.
“The teachers at Dominic College always supported me and encouraged the other young women in my classes to pursue our interests without preju-dice,” Dr Vince said.
“I wouldn’t be where I am now without that encouragement.”
Dr Vince discussed gender balance and said only 30 per cent of senior university positions in academia were currently held by women.
She hoped the future would see greater numbers of women attaining senior roles across organisations and reaching equality in positions, salary and opportunities.
Dr Vince gave a positive message encour-aging other women to “break beyond the glass ceiling” and have the confi dence to choose and thrive in roles that were generally male dominated.
“You are never too young or too old to fi ght for equality,” Dr Vince said.
“We can actively choose to challenge stereotypes, fi ght bias, broaden perceptions, im-prove situations and cel-ebrate women’s achieve-ments – by building each other up you will make a difference.”
Ms Gilligan said it was a delight to have Dr Vince return to Dominic College and be a role model for the students.
All proceeds from the breakfast will fund scholarships for disad-vantaged girls in the Salesian Don Bosco High School in Samoa.
MISTAKES on the road are made by everyday Australians, doing every-day things, every day.
And too many of these mistakes end in tragedy – where some-one is killed or seriously injured, Road Safety Advisory Council chair Garry Bailey says.
“Last year, 32 people were killed and 252 seriously injured in road-related crashes in Tasmania,” he said.
“Many of these crashes were the result of simple mistakes where the presence of active collision avoidance features – now stand-ard equipment in the majority of new vehicles, and increasingly many used models – could have helped prevent or minimise the effects of a crash.”
To improve com-munity awareness and encourage people to buy
newer vehicles with the latest collision avoidance features, Australasia’s in-dependent vehicle safety authority ANCAP Safety and the Road Safety Advisory Council are de-veloping a new national community awareness campaign.
And they want the community’s help to produce it.
“Vehicle safety has improved markedly since the 1990s, but in the past few years there’s been a signifi cant step-change in safety perfor-mance through industry development and market penetration of collision avoidance technologies,” Mr Bailey said.
“This campaign will focus on the benefi ts of two key vehicle safety technologies, autono-mous emergency braking (AEB) and active lane support systems (LSS), and how their presence
can turn a negative out-come into a positive one – essentially re-writing the ending.”
Close to 80 per cent of all new cars sold now have autonomous emer-gency braking (AEB) and lane support (LSS) functionality.
Australians keep their new vehicles for an average of 10 years – in Tasmania, it’s 13 years.
ANCAP estimates that seven per cent of the 18 million light passenger vehicles registered in Australia are fi tted with AEB and/or LSS.
Mr Bailey said this left the majority of vehicles on our roads unequipped with these life-saving safety systems, and the bulk of motor-ists unaware of their availability and safety benefi ts.
“To portray the benefi ts of autonomous
emergency braking and lane support functionali-ty, the campaign will be built around a montage of dashcam footage captured by motorists highlighting common crash scenarios,” he said.
“We want people to contribute to the cam-paign’s creative content by providing dashcam footage of common crash scenarios.
“Dashcam footage clearly demonstrates that everyday mistakes happen to everyday people, yet a mistake on the road – whether it be yours or someone else’s – does not have to be fatal.
“Footage uploaded in the coming weeks will be considered for inclu-sion in the campaign’s screen commercials.”
Dashcam footage can be uploaded to www.ancap.com.au/dashcam.
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Sport
NEARLY 50 players from around Australia travelled to Hobart to compete in the Two Heads Open, the fourth major on the annual disc golf calendar.
The tournament, which also doubled as the Tasmanian State Championship, was held on 14 March at the Poimena Reserve Disc Golf Course in Austins Ferry – Australia’s oldest course.
Husband and wife duo Jarrath and Cassie Sweeten, from Geelong in Victoria, won the men and women’s pro divi-sions respectively over the two days of competi-tion, while the Tasmanian State Championship was
won by Steven Wright. “Since I was a little
kid I’ve been fascinated by discs (frisbees) and how they fl y - there are so many cool ways you can make frisbees fl y,” Mr Wright, who started playing disc golf in 2015, said.
“I’ve played ultimate frisbee since high school, so it was an easy step to take to get involved in another frisbee sport.”
Mr Wright has previ-ously competed in two national championships and a handful of state championships, with his fi rst tournament win coming from the Beetle Hill Open in January.
“Disc golf is a fun
and accessible activity for people of all ages,” Mr Wright said.
“It’s easy to start playing, but there’s always more to learn.
“It’s also a great way of getting out and having fun with friends while also getting some good exercise.”
The Two Heads Open tournament direc-tor Oliver Mundy-Castle said disc golf was a fast-growing sport that was played similarly to regular golf.
“The rules and termi-nology are very similar, but instead of using a stick and ball, players are throwing discs,” he said.
“You’ve got to com-
Disc golf tournament fl ies into Hobart
People from around Australia came down to Hobart to compete in the Two Heads Open at the Poimena Reserve Disc Golf Course in Austi ns Ferry.
IT was celebrations all round at this year’s Hobart Cup with the day marking the fi rst cup run on the redeveloped track following the $12.5 million investment by the Tasmanian Government and Tasracing.
Local Liberal Member for Clark Elise Archer – the former Minister for Racing – said the rede-velopment was a major boost for local thorough-bred racing, as well as jobs for the northern suburbs of Hobart.
“The new track provides a safer and fairer surface for horses and is expected to hold up better in wet conditions,” she said.
“Local businesses and workers were involved in the major reconstructions of the track, while the
ongoing operation of the racetrack ensures many jobs for locals on race days.
“I am happy to say the project was delivered on time and well within budget.
“It has meant racing could return to the track on Tasmanian Derby Day, followed by Hobart Cup Day.”
Ms Archer said she was also particularly proud to sponsor the ‘Elise Archer Class 3 Handicap’, a 1,200-metre sprint event with a competitive fi eld of 12 runners.
The race was taken out by fi ve-year-old chestnut gelding Silkstone, who won by a mere half a head while no less than a length covered the fi rst six horses across the line.
The winner was
trained by Adam Trinder and ridden by Anthony Darmanin.
The dynamic duo has also been responsible for the feats of champion fi lly Mystic Journey over the past 12 months.
It was the fi rst race in Tasmania for Silkstone, who previously did all of his racing in Victoria.
“I was thrilled to pres-ent the winner’s award and it was yet another fantastic day out for the many thousands who ventured to Elwick for the Hobart Cup,” Ms Archer said.
“While I am no longer Minister for Racing, I will be sure to maintain a strong interest in the local racing industry and its people, as well as the performance of the quality new track at Elwick.”
A SILKY WINRacing manager for Trinder Racing Dale Butt ers, left , with Liberal Member for Clark Elise Archer.
plete a hole by throwing the disc into chains hang-ing off a metal basket.”
Disc golfers carry a wide selection of discs including putters, mid ranges, fairway drivers and distance drivers.
Mr Mundy-Castle said Poimena Disc Golf Course had developed a global reputation as one of the top courses in the sport since its installation in 1985, with many elite players drawn to events there every year.
“Poimena is well known around the coun-try as one of the toughest courses in Australia and that’s one of the reasons we’re getting a good turn out from interstate,” he said.
“It’s incredibly hilly and because a disc is round it causes a lot of roll-aways, so it’s very challenging for players – there’s not an easy hole on the course.”
Hobart Disc Golf, which was formed in 2019, has about 30 members, with the club looking for more opportunities to expand the sport in Tasmania through its monthly league days on the fi rst Sunday of each month and a potential new course at Lauderdale.
For more informa-tion, visit the Hobart Disc Golf Facebook page or www.poimenadiscgolf.com.au.
*Please note league days are currently suspended indefi nitely until COV-ID-19 has subsided.
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A PARTNERSHIP between the Tasmanian Government and the Collingwood Magpies Super Netball League Club has now been extended for an additional three years.
The new $1.75 million contract, commencing in the 2020 season, will also keep the Tasmanian Magpies in the Australian Netball League (ANL), the top feeder competition to Suncorp Super Netball, for the next three years.
Minister for Sport and
Recreation Jane Howlett said the Tasmanian majority Liber-al Government was commit-ted to providing opportunities for aspiring athletes, from grassroots level all the way to top-tier competition.
“It is hoped this signifi cant investment will not only in-crease grassroots participation but strengthen the pathways for young Tasmanian netball-ers to realise their dreams of playing at the highest level,” she said.
The Tasmanian Magpies
have been part of the ANL since 2017 and took out the championships in its second year, marking Tasmanian netball’s coming of age in elite competition.
As part of the agreement, Collingwood will host a wom-en in sport conference and community camps, as well as development opportunities for coaches, umpires, administra-tors and staff.
“Importantly, this agree-ment will also see Colling-wood Magpies Netball bring
a Suncorp Super Netball game to the Silverdrome in Launceston each year, bring-ing some of the biggest names in the game to the court right here in Tasmania,” Minister Howlett said.
“In 2019, netball boasted the highest female partici-pation rate in the state, with more than 7,300 registered players and I’m confi dent the renewal of this important part-nership will see that number continue to rise long into the future.”
Magpies set to soar in Tasmania
From left , Collingwood Football Club director of community and stadia David Emerson, Collingwood Magpies player Mati lda Garrett , Minister for Sport and Recreati on Jane Howlett , Collingwood Magpies co-captain Geva Mentor and Netball Tasmania chief executi ve offi cer Aaron Pidgeon.
IN a major win for the local community and community sports, an in-principle agreement with National Basketball League (NBL) owner Larry Kestelman and the Glenorchy City Council will pave the way for Tasmania to have an NBL team for the fi rst time in 25 years.
Once fi nalised, the deal will not only propel Tasmanian basketball to the national league but will lead to new jobs and economic benefi ts for the greater Glenorchy region.
Liberal Member for Clark Elise Archer said she was thrilled to see Tasmania on the way to once again having its own NBL team.
“While obviously the community is facing enormous challenges currently with the im-pacts of COVID-19, it is important we also plan for the future and a new NBL team based at the Derwent Entertainment Centre (DEC) is part of that future,” she said.
“It will deliver a mas-sive boost for the profi le of community basketball across Tasmania and will also bring enormous benefi ts to our northern suburbs, with many local jobs as part of the signifi cant investment at the DEC and Wilkin-son’s Point.
“I am very excited about what this part of our community will look like in the future and I am proud to be part of the government that has facilitated the delivery
of the agreement to make our NBL team a reality.”
With the DEC to be retained as a state asset, the central elements agreed in-principle with Mr Kestelman and the Council include:
• Establishing a Tasma-nian NBL team with the Tasmanian Gov-ernment as a sponsor;
• Undertaking a signif-icant redevelopment of the DEC;
• Operating the DEC as a sporting and enter-tainment venue while ensuring public access is maintained;
• On-selling land surrounding the DEC subject to planning approvals being achieved and work commencing to deliv-er the broader vision.
The licence would ascertain Tasmania playing in the national league from next year, with the majority of home games to be played at the redevel-oped DEC and at least two games played in northern Tasmania each year.
“The Government is the greatest supporter of fostering genuine pathways from grass-roots to elite level sport and there is no doubt a Tasmanian NBL team would increase the pro-fi le of basketball in our state, benefi ting home-grown talent in players, coaching and adminis-tration,” Ms Archer said.
New NBL licence for Tasmania
